These are the 50 hottest fintech companies in Europe

Fintech - financial technology - is the segment of the tech scene that’s got traditional banks quaking in their boots.

Certain fintech start-ups have grown super-fast and snatched market share in areas like international money tranfers, loans and investment management.

They’ve cut out the faff, the fees and the middle-men to offer customers easier, cheaper services - and they’re accelerating at an astonishing pace as a result.

London is arguably the world’s leading hub for fintech, thanks to the intersection of our goliath financial services industry and our blossoming tech scene (more on which below…).

So which fintech stars are burning brightest?

Below, in alphabetical order, are the FinTech50 2015 - the 50 hottest names in the European fintech scene – as decided by a leading judging panel including Ian Morgan, industry director financial services Google, Richard Peers, banking industry lead Microsoft, and Chris Skinner, chairman of the Financial Services Club.

Almost half the list - some 24 of them! - are headquartered in London.

We’ve marked all the companies based here in the capital - some 24 out of 50!

Adyen

Adyen is a global provider of online, mobile and point-of-sale payment solutions including best in class global acquiring and processing services.

Algomi - London

Algomi creates the network that enables all market participants to securely and intelligently harness data to make valuable financial trading connections.

BehavioSec

The company focus on innovation in behavioral biometrics is commercializing research from Luleå University of Technology and counts DARPA, and leading International financial institutions, among its clients.

Blockchain- London

Blockchain is the world’s most popular web based bitcoin wallet and the most highly trafficked bitcoin website.